title: Energy and pattern in teaching-learning.
abstract: The following column explores the use of literature and the visual arts in the teaching-learning process. The use of narrative and art can be an energizing, imaginative, and productive way of coming to know new truths.
authors.affiliation: South Dakota State University. tsbunkers@sio.midco.net
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bunkers
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007858:Learning; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D008568:Memory; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D033262:Narration; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration